Everyone tries to rush up through the syllabus levles and think once they are at the top they have arrived. What they don't realize is that by doing this it is like skimming through a book, you may get the gist but you will never understand the story.

I had a pair of red cardinals (bright red crested birds that sing a loud song form the tops of trees!) nest in a rose bush behind my house - you could see the nest from the window - and they just fledged two lovely toussled kids

The house I grew up in had a family of very friendly raccoons that lived somewhere nearby and occasionally got into the attic or cellar. They were a nuisance, but no danger that I could see. Of course, we didn't have a cat.